Underwater Technologies

develop & apply

MARUM has set itself the goal of gaining fundamental scientific knowledge about the ocean and the seabed in the interests of society and a healthy marine environment. We are driven by this commitment and the increasingly complex questions that need to be answered. To help answer these questions, we are constantly working to improve our operational systems. In order to be prepared for the developments and questions of tomorrow, we are already researching new and sustainable technologies and methods today to better observe, sample and monitor our oceans now and in the future.

Specific questions that arise are:

How can we develop sustainable observation technologies from the sea surface to the deep sea?
How can we enable persistent, robust and autonomous monitoring of dynamic processes?
Which new technologies in the areas of sensor technology, sampling and data processing need to be adapted or newly developed?

To answer these questions, we develop and test new robotic systems from scratch or adapt existing systems for a specific use.

Working groups involved

Visualization of a hydrodynamic analysis of a new autonomous underwater vehicle. (Copyright P.Riesen/MARUM) — Visualization of a hydrodynamic analysis of a new autonomous underwater vehicle. ( P. Riesen/MARUM)

Selection of current research projects

SPIRULA

SPiraling Intelligent Robotic Underwater monitoring pLAtform

Slider camera system

Camera module for seabed observation with underwater glider

Latest news

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Areas that are difficult to access - whether in space or in the deep sea - are the location for the autonomous system to be developed. Graphic: Christoph Waldmann

Sep 7, 2020

Joint project develops small autonomous systems

In order to explore places inaccessible to ships, marine researchers need new technical approaches that use methods of artificial intelligence. Ice-covered ...

The MARUM Overview Sonar after one year on the seafloor. Dense biofouling has built up on the instrument. The instrument is being recovered for maintenance. Photo: OOI/WHOI/NSF

Aug 24, 2020

Maintenance of observatory

Off the west coast of the USA, sonar devices developed at MARUM have been in operation for over two years. They are part of the underwater observatory ...

The dives on board the SONNE can be followed live via telepresence. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; T. Klein

Jun 25, 2020

Telepresence on RV SONNE

The North Atlantic is the destination of an expedition with the research vessel SONNE, which starts this week from Bremerhaven. The focus is on habitats ...

Mar 9, 2020

Live dive to the ocean floor

The researchers of the SO272 expedition on board the research vessel SONNE are currently more than 10,000 kilometers away from Bremen. What can be seen ...